Members of GAR Post 522,

Yorkville, Illinois

Photo submitted by David
L. Read, gr-grandson of Edwin Howes, rear row, 2nd from
left. Edwin Howes fought with Company K of the 20th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry from Newark, Illinois (1861-65). This photo
was taken around 1915. Many of these men (Edwin Howes included)
were prisoners at Andersonville after they were captured at the
Battle of Atlanta. David Read contacted Elmer Dickson who was
able to identify the men pictured here:

"Thank you for your nice letter, I had no trouble downloading
the picture. I was amazed at the quality of the picture."

"I didn't get back sooner to you as I needed to do some
research to identify the men in the picture. I recognized one
of the men immediately. The man standing on Edwin's right, his
left looking at the picture, was Alexander "Alex" Patterson.
He was my gr-gr-uncle and a Corporal in Company H, 89th IL INF.
His sister, Jeanette Patterson, married my gr-grandfather, Simon
Dickson. Their father was Matthew Patterson. I grew up on what
is known as the Patterson Homestead. Matthew came to kendall
County in 1837. He acquired his farm in 1838, and I am proud
to say that the farm is still in our family."

The picture was actually taken on Memorial Day 1911. There
is one other member of Co. K. 20th IL INF in the picture. It
is a picture of the members of Yorkville GAR Post that attended
the Memorial Day services that year. Sitting: left to right -
Myron C. Skinner, W. F. Donovan, Franklin M. Hobbs, John Redmon
Marshall, and Charles M. Hill. Standing: left to right. You will
need to take in both rows at once, that is alternate from the
front to the rear and back again. Left standing holding the flag
- Samuel Hagerman, the other member of the 20th IL INF; Orville
Wormley Beebe; Frank Pinney; Solon Smith Boomer; Alexander Patterson;
Henry Chappell; Edwin Howes; John Fitzgerald; Wallace McCloud;
William T. Linn; Barney Phillis; John Cooper; Robert Bucks; Benamin
F. Herrington; and George Manley."